At origin there is a real need to make things better for all those involved in coffee production. Traveling to source the best coffee helps us to keep sight of what really matters, the farmer. “I have a particular love for natural processed coffees. “Proud Mary Coffee is all about engaging the customer with exciting, vibrant and colorful coffees,” said Nolan. The Proud Mary coffee program will showcase coffees from farmers that Hirte has worked with for many years. People here have been so kind and welcoming.” Being Australians in Portland and a long way from home, we really hope that we can build a great community of people around us. We look forward to bringing the community together to celebrate the good things in life.
When we came to Portland on a family holiday, we especially loved Alberta Street. For us, that’s the best place to launch Proud Mary. “It already has an established coffee industry with specialty roasters – and is hailed as the ‘coffee mecca’ of the U.S. The Hirte family moved to the neighborhood earlier this year and their son is now enrolled at Alameda middle school. The Proud Mary brand has been a popular and successful enterprise in Melbourne for eight years and the Australian operation is now being run by Nolan’s brother. Proud Mary’s soft opening for the community is on tap for May 18 and the doors are officially scheduled to open by June 1. Other tenants will include Imperial Bottle Shop and Bishops Barbershop. The former home of Guy’s Interior Restoration and the Mercado Don Pancho Taqueria and Market is being redeveloped by Nate Celko and Brett Anderson into four retail spaces. 1658867546 swen- 1658867546 1658867546 snikr 1658867546 epdet 1658867546Īlameda neighbors and Australian expats Nolan and Shari Hirte plan to open Proud Mary coffee cafe later this month at 2012 N.E. Nolan and his wife Shari will open a Proud Mary coffee cafe on Alberta Street this month. Proud Mary’s Nolan Hirte, left, and Amanda Morell are both Australians who have recently moved to the Alameda neighborhood.